Earth is set to play host to a “mini-moon” this week, as a small asteroid – about the length of a double decker bus – enters ...

Earth's moon soon won't be the only orbiting body in the sky. 'Mini-moon' asteroid 2024 PT5 will soon be here.

The European Space Agency is about to launch a spacecraft on an important research mission designed to bolster planetary ...

It may sound like something out of an epic space movie, but earth is going to get a second moon for a short time.

The mini-moon, named "2024 PT5", was discovered back in August and will be temporarily captured by Earth's gravitational pull ...

Nuclear devices generate massive amounts of X-rays. A new experiment suggests that might be enough to divert a killer ...

Exploding a nuclear bomb above a huge asteroid could vaporize its surface using X-rays, pushing the space rock away from ...

Austinites will be able to hail a driverless rideshare courtesy a partnership between Uber and autonomous vehicle company Waymo — but some residents will get early access to the driverless technology ...

To assess whether this technique could actually deflect an asteroid heading toward Earth, the team fed their experimental ...

This week marks Banned Books Week, and the American Library Association (ALA) shared preliminary data Monday on the number of ...

Scientists may have just created the most efficient way to stop asteroids from obliterating the Earth. Researchers in New ...

A blast of X-rays from a nuclear explosion should be enough to save Earth from an incoming asteroid, according to the results ...